CATHERINE STEWART

52 Pembroke St. Kingston, Ontario, K7L 4N4

Cell Phone: (450) 516-1705 Email: catiestewart@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
Bachelor of
Education

Primary/Junior Divisions
Queens University, Kingston, ON 2016

Bachelor of Science
(Honours)

Environmental Science
Queens University, Kingston, ON 2015

FRENCH FLUENCY
FSL Part 1

Completed concurrently with B.Ed

Queens University, Kingston, ON 2016

Fluency

Fully bilingual.

French Study Abroad

Queens University Exchange Program

Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, FRANCE 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Final Practicum

Plans in progress to complete final practicum in a

junior classroom.
Welborne Public School, Kingston, ON 2016

Education Program
Assistant
Teacher Candidate
3 Weeks

Will be working with the educational programmes

director in French.
Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal, Montreal, QC
March 2016

Core French
Various Grades
Teacher Candidate
4 Weeks

Will be working with students from grade 4-7, with

an intended focus on culture in my lessons.
Welborne Public School, Kingston, ON 2016

Grade 3
Teacher Candidate
6 Weeks

Taught units for science (plants), math (3-digit

addition), and literacy (paragraphs). Led engaging
lessons to foster a sense of inquiry in science with
projects like tracking the growth of a bean plant.
Incorporated cross-curricular connections between
science and literacy in a lesson where we carved a
pumpkin and wrote paragraphs about the necessary
steps involved. Used scaffolding in my instruction
including writing weekly quizzes for math and
designing a unit test for science. Created a rubric
and culminating task for paragraphs that included a
self-assessment and editing component. Worked on
classroom management skills and relationship
building with students.
Welborne Public School, Kingston, ON 2015

RELATED EXPERIENCE
French Tutor
Tutor for students from grades 2-10 with varying skill
levels. Helped with homework as well as provided
additional work and lessons in order to improve
students skill levels.
Kingston ON 2015-2016
Adventure Guide

Worked at an outdoor adventure and zip-lining

course in rural Quebec. Led camp groups as well as
groups of international clients. Organized and led
large groups who had many different cultural and
religious needs.
Acro-Nature, Morin-Heights, QC 2011-2014

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLS

B.Ed. Workshops
Three part Mental Health Workshop
Building Futures Workshop
Financial Literacy Workshop
Literacy Bootcamp
Poverty Challenge
Including Students with Special Education Needs in
French as a Second Language Programs: A Guide for
Ontario Schools
Educational
Technology

Technology in the Classroom Workshop

Hour of Code

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTEERING

Queens B.Ed.
Participated in the Queens B.Ed. Musical. Performed
Musical
for local schools as well as the public.
100 Kids Kingston

Volunteered for 100 Kids Kingston, a group that

engages children in the Kingston community in
charity work. Three meetings are held throughout
the year where children each donate $10 and vote
on a charity organization that will receive the funds.
100 Kids Kingston, Kingston, ON 2015-2016

Read 4 Fun

Volunteered for Read 4 Fun. Read in French with a

grade 5 student once a week in order to foster a
love for reading.
Queens University, Kingston, ON 2012-2013

Other Interests

Skiing, Snowshoeing, Hiking, Highland Dancing,

Reading, Knitting